Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-05
State AFFAIRS.
The House Reformatory Bill Before
the Senate, Amendments Probable,
No Adjournment Talk.
Provisions of Senator Aliens Bill to
Teach in the Public SehoOls the.
Evil Effects CT Liquor.
The House Discusses the BIZ Prescribing
the Duties of Railroads Relative to
Freight Charges.

Freight charges.
DOES NOT REFER TO THE MINORITY RE-
PORT.
special &c the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX March 4.-Reference in
yesterdays GAZETTE on state affairs re-
lstlDg TO opinions on the Houses verdict
in the Willis case, had no reference to
the minority report, but only to opinions
expressed in the general conversations on
the subject. THE GAZETTE reporter de-
sires to make this correction in defense
to the honorable gentlemen who com
posed the minority, to whom no refer
ence was made.
SUNDAY LAW.
discussion arose in the House this
morning over j recommendation of the
bill to amend the Sunday law so as to
make it fllcient in protecting places of
worship and private residences. The
range of argument was wide and varied,
and partook Of the personal feelings ot
the speakers as they viewed it, rather
han from a standpoint Of general appli-
cation to the law. Opinions as 20 the
and amusemeutS of the people Were
argued at length. The application of the
law as desired by the churches, as dis
used, was that it might force the clos
in, of all classes of business on Sunday.
This met with an objection that the Ger
man people might drink beer and go to
beer gardens when net interfering with
with other people, as their habits, Gus
l.aI 1,,.1s
there was no harm in such indulgence on
Sunday.
DUTIES TO BE TERI ORMED BY RAILROADS
The House occupied 4 greater portion
OF the morning hour Giscuss-n NJ the bill
prescribing the duties of railroads rela-
give 10 their charges upon freight per ton
per mile for transporting over their rail
roads property in carload lots from any
point in this state 10 any other point
in the state, than is charged or received
by said companies for transporting over
their railroads in the same direction the
same kind or class of property per ton
per mile to and from any point beyond
the state, provided that in 10 case shall
the rate exceed 10 cents per 100 pounds
per 100 miles. This bill goes further and
presCribes that every company owning
and operating railroads in the state shall
print and keep for public inspection
schedules showing its classification of
freights and the rates and charges for
Transporting property to and from every
point in the state. After discussing This
measure at length, it was postponed until
next Wednesday, March 9.
TO TEACH THE EFFECTS OF LIQCOR.
Senator Allen has introduced a. bill to
provide for teaching the nature and
effects of alcoholic liquors and narcotics
in the public free schools of Texas. and
to authorize the Board of Education to
select a text book therefor. The prom
inent features of this bill are:
l. That it provides that it shall be the
duty of the Board OF Education to pro-
cure text book for the free schools
which will teach the nature and effects OF
alcoholic liquors and narcotics on the
physical and moral constitutions of man.
,. Limiting the sZe CT the book to $50
pages Of i duOdeCimo volume.
3. The Board of Education 10 have the
right to employ some one capable to pre-
pare the book, ard tie cost 70 be limited
to $500, and without any further cost OF
the copyright, which shall he vested IN
the state of Texas.
I. The board shall have the right TO
consider any other book that may present
preferable matter to the one prepared by
order of the board, provided The added
expense shall not exceed $500.
After several other uuimpurtaut pr0vis-
ions, the bill winds up vita the provision
that the law binding teachers OF boards
appointed to examine teachers, and all
officers embraced in the free school laws
of the state in their relstion to &ulhor.ze
and prescribe branches of study, shall 0p-
ply with equal force to this brs2ch of
study.
TO FIX THE FER DIEM OF LEGISLATORS.
The Senate occupied the greater plr-
ton of the evening session trying TO
amend the House joint resolution to sub
nit an amendment to the cOnsti- |
tuticn regulating the per diem pay
OF legislators, and extending the
time to ninety days instead Of sixty as
under the present provisions. Senators
Allen, BurneT, Gregg snd Pope all Of !
tered amendments which were voted |
down, and the resolution came up on lis |
third reading and final passage. but upon
csll OF the house it was found that the |
necessary two-thirds were not present. |
After waiting some time for absent mein- |
bers the call of the house was suspended
and the resolution went over, and the |
Senate proceeded with other business.
The resolution was afterward taken up
and passed.
THE JUDGE MUST RULE.
All application was received by Super
intendent Cooper to-day from Kerr
county by the County Judge, asking for
advice in g case where the trustees of a
school in that county turned out al
tescher aud suspended the school, because
the teacher persisted in wanting to teach
algebra. superintendent Cooper advised
the Judge that IL would be necessary for
him to rule On the matter, as the educa-
tionel department could only take cog
nizsnce Of the case on appeal.
THE EXPLORATORY BILL.
The House retormatory bill is low be-
fore the Senate for concurrence, but it
is probable thst it will be amended by
that body. II 10 said that there are some